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  • 6 - Borrowing Words and Writing Asian Englishes

  • Andy Kirkpatrick, Griffith University, Queensland, Wang Lixun
  • Book:
    Is English an Asian Language?
    Published online:
    15 October 2020
    Print publication:
    29 October 2020, pp 111-127

  • Summary

    Chapter 6, using data primarily from Asian varieties of English, will describe, illustrate and analyse the use of words and idioms from the speakers’ first languages when they use English. It thus considers further evidence for English used in these contexts being an Asia-centric or Asian language. Questions to be considered when dealing with distinctive lexical features include the role of words/idioms from the speakers’ first language and/or code mixing and a comparison of their use when speakers are using their Asian variety of English and when English is being used as a lingua franca. If code-mixing is used, what might the reasons for this use be? If code-mixing is not used, what might the reasons for the lack of use be? Chapter 6 also provides examples from Asian literatures written in English to show how Asian writers have ‘stretched’ and ‘adapted’ English to reflect their cultural values and lived experiences.